'When I copy-edit writing I take an extra twenty minutes to double check, then say I had Claude copy edit it as well. Everyone’s really happy with my performance'
Hostile, anti-democratic work environment with indentured overtones: next-level strategies required.
cf. the CIA/OST manual from mid-20th C on sabotage and resistance under the risk of death.
Innocent seeming tactics like work-to-rule or demanding policy adherence whenever possible can slow foolish management. Talk to coworkers carefully. Document spectacular failures of management directives but innocently, as if you don’t know whose fault it is. Set things up so they will break later, when you are not around and without a trace.
Ask for reasons; the last paragraph of the article sums up that asking them to explain the insanity is effective. Remember: it is slow and cumulative effort required to change things, be patient and persistent and alert for opportunities and risks.
i wish i could use any of the tactics that the people have tried, but i get the feeling that it’ll all blow back on me.
Hostile, anti-democratic work environment with indentured overtones: next-level strategies required.
cf. the CIA/OST manual from mid-20th C on sabotage and resistance under the risk of death.
Innocent seeming tactics like work-to-rule or demanding policy adherence whenever possible can slow foolish management. Talk to coworkers carefully. Document spectacular failures of management directives but innocently, as if you don’t know whose fault it is. Set things up so they will break later, when you are not around and without a trace.
Ask for reasons; the last paragraph of the article sums up that asking them to explain the insanity is effective. Remember: it is slow and cumulative effort required to change things, be patient and persistent and alert for opportunities and risks.